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90_HB1843

      820 ILCS 130/11c new
          Amends the Prevailing Wage Act.   Provides that a  public
      body  may  require a contractor that is the successful bidder
      on a public works project and  its  subcontractors  to  enter
      into  or  agree  to  observe  the  terms  of  a project labor
      agreement establishing the terms and conditions of employment
      for workers subject to this Act with the  labor  organization
      having   jurisdiction   over  the  type  of  work  performed.
      Provides that a project labor agreement requirement shall not
      be deemed contrary to the requirement that a bid  be  let  to
      the lowest responsible bidder.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Prevailing Wage Act by adding Section
 2    11c.
 3        WHEREAS,  Project  labor  agreements promote labor peace,
 4    stability, and uninterrupted performance in the  construction
 5    of  public  works  subject  to  the  Prevailing Wage Act, and
 6    promote the policies of the Prevailing Wage Act  to  maintain
 7    prevailing rates on public works; therefore
 8        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 9    represented in the General Assembly:
10        Section 5.  The Prevailing Wage Act is amended by  adding
11    Section 11c as follows:
12        (820 ILCS 130/11c new)
13        Sec.   11c.  Project   labor  agreements  permitted.   No
14    provision of this Act, nor of any other Act providing for the
15    competitive bidding of  contracts  for  the  construction  of
16    public  works  subject  to  this  Act,  shall be construed to
17    prohibit a public body subject to this  Act,  acting  in  its
18    capacity  as  a  project proprietor, manager, or purchaser of
19    construction services, to require the contractor that is  the
20    successful  bidder  on a public works project subject to this
21    Act and its subcontractors, as a condition for performing the
22    work called for in the contract, to enter into  or  agree  to
23    observe  the  terms of a project labor agreement establishing
24    the  terms  and  conditions  of  employment   for   laborers,
25    mechanics,  or  workers  subject  to  this Act with the labor
26    organization  having  jurisdiction  over  the  type  of  work
27    performed, nor shall any such requirement for a project labor
28    agreement on a project subject to this Act be deemed contrary
29    to  the  requirement  that  a  bid  be  let  to  the   lowest
30    responsible bidder.

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